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When is Virtualization Really on for an AP? All APs except AP400 is always ready to use Virtual Cell or Native Cell; no configuration at the radio level is necessary. To enable either of them, simply configure the RF Virtualization mode in each ESS profile to Virtual Cell or Native Cell. When is Virtualization Really […]

Add an ESS with the Web UI ESS profiles can be configured either from E(z)RF Network Manager or from the controller. You can tell where an ESS profile was configured by checking the read-only field Owner; the Owner is either nms-server or controller. AP400 is designed to use either a Virtual Cell ESS or a […]

Configuring an ESS A basic service set (BSS) is the basic building block of an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN; one access point together with all associated clients is called a BSS. An AP acquires its clients by broadcasting its name (SSID) which is picked up by clients within range. Clients can then respond, establishing a […]

Beacon Services Fortinet Beacon Services use iBeacon to allow mobile application (iOS and Android devices) to receive signals from beacons in the physical world to deliver hyper-contextual content to users based on location. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is the wireless personal area network technology used for transmitting data over short distances. Broadly, the Beacon Service […]

Device Fingerprinting Device fingerprinting allows collection of various attributes about a device connecting to your network. The collected attributes can fully or partially identify individual devices, including the client’s OS, device type, and browser being used. Device Fingerprinting can provide more information for the station and allows system administrators to be more aware of the […]

RF Interferer Classification Wi-Fi networks operate in the unlicensed 2.4 and 5 GHz frequency bands, where they share a medium with a variety of other devices. With the exception of Bluetooth devices, none of the other devices have any mechanisms to co-exist with Wi-Fi networks. As a result, when an interfering device is emitting energy […]

Control Panels The Control Panels are displayed towards the left of the Dashboard screen. The following table depicts the various Control Panel tabs available on the Monitor Console screen: “Sensors Filter” on page 112 “Advanced Filter” on page 114 “Interference” on page 115 “Display Settings” on page 116 Sensors Filter The Sensors Filter enables to […]

Spectrum Manager Dashboard The Spectrum Manager Dashboard screen presents the interference information gathered from various “Sensors” on page 123 (“Software Sensors” on page 123 and “Hardware Sensors” on page 123). It provides a graphical representation of the Interference devices activity in the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz spectrum. Figure 19 on page 102 illustrates the Spectrum Manager […]